Microsoft Copilot outage affecting users in the United Kingdom and Europe
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The Microsoft Copilot service is facing an ongoing access outage that is blocking some users in the United Kingdom and Europe and degrading features for others. Telemetry points to an unexpected increase in traffic and an autoscaling/capacity issue. Microsoft is manually scaling capacity to restore availability and is monitoring the service closely.
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09.12.2025 13:48 2 articles · 5mo ago
Microsoft Copilot outage blocks users in the United Kingdom and Europe
Initial DisclosureMicrosoft is investigating an ongoing incident that is blocking some users in the United Kingdom and Europe from accessing Microsoft Copilot and causing degraded functionality for others. Service monitoring telemetry indicates an unexpected increase in traffic and a capacity scaling issue, and Microsoft is manually scaling capacity to improve service availability while monitoring the situation closely.
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- Microsoft investigates Copilot outage affecting users in Europe — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 09.12.2025 13:48
- Microsoft investigates Copilot outage affecting users in Europe — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 09.12.2025 13:48